In an article on remittances and microfinance, Business Week has correctly pegged remittances as a potentially huge opportunity for “recipients to save money and build credit histories, so they can get mortgages and small-business loans.” Indeed, the predictable income of remittances allows poor borrowers to access more sophisticated products like “micro-mortgages”, previously limited to people with documented income and greater assets.
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